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SE officially confirms Xperia X10 Android upgrade
Word on the grapevine was that Sony Ericsson would update the Xperia X10 handset from Android 1.6 to a newer version of Android at some point and now the company has confirmed it. In a lengthy post on the Sony Ericsson Product Blog, Sumit Malhotra talks through the dilemmas of moving to newer Android firmware, […]
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Vodafone UK officially confirms Xperia X10 for April
Vodafone has a placeholder page for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 on its site, confirming that the Android smartphone will be heading to the operator in April. The release date has been moving around the place, but the evidence is pointing to an April release for most mobile carriers. No pricing or specific dates were […]
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Xperia X10 shapes up against the Nexus One [Video]
Depending on when the Xperia X10 launches, there’s no doubt that the phone will feature some stiff competition. One of the biggest Android phones to recently launch is Google’s Nexus One smartphone. A couple of videos have appeared comparing the two together and are well worth checking out below.
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Official: T-Mobile Germany carrying Xperia X10 in April
T-Mobile Germany has confirmed that it will be carry the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone from April. This puts it within the same timeline as NTT DoCoMo’s launch in Japan. T-Mobile Germany’s Xperia X10i supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and triband UMTS/HSPDA/HSUPA at 900/1700/2100. No pricing was given, neither an exact date but hopefully […]
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Yellow background spotted on Xperia X10
Up until now, the only background we’ve seen on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone is blue. Whether one has used the Timescape or Mediascape apps, the blue background has always remained. Many have asked whether alternate colours will be available and it looks they will. An Xperia X10 with yellow background was spotted in […]
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Xperia X10 battery life revealed
Up until now, the battery life of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone has been kept under wraps. The official product page is just left blank under the battery performance section. However, with the news of the handset launching in Japan, the official SE Japan site does reveal this juicy information. Given its 1GHz Snapdragon […]
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Xperia X10 heading to O2, T-Mob and Vodafone in UK?
Evidence is pointing to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 heading to three UK mobile phone operators. First of all, the accessories part of the O2 online shop briefly listed the Xperia X10 before being promptly removed. An O2 spokesperson told CoolSmartPhone, “we currently haven’t announced any involvement with the X10 and so our web team […]
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Xperia X10 to ship in “late Q1”
Mattias Holm from the Sony Ericsson Product Launch Blog has confirmed that the Xperia X10 will start shipping by the end of March. “To clarify: Xperia X10 is still on track for shipment in late Q1. In Japan it will launch 1st of April. Other global customers might choose to sell it slightly earlier.” The […]
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NTT DoCoMo prepping the Xperia X10 for Japan [Video]
Sony Ericsson has confirmed that the Xperia X10 Android handset will see a Japanese launch. NTT DoCoMo will carry the phone as the “Smartphone Xperia.” The rest of the phone remains the same and will launch in April. We came across a video of one the handsets being used at the launch event. It may […]
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3D Maps demoed on Xperia X10 [Video]
The boffins over at Ericsson Labs have shown off a 3D landscape API & SDK that allows developers to create some funky apps with 3D maps. It looks quite good with navigation reasonably smooth. This is likely to strain the CPU, although the Snapdragon chipset copes admirably with the video maintaining 30fps. Let’s just hope […]
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Next major Android version codenamed Froyo
As many of you will know, each of Android’s major new releases have been codenamed after delicious bakery goods, as well as running in alphabetical order. So far we’ve had Cupcake (v1.5), Donut (v1.6) and Eclair (v2.0) and apparently the next iteration will be called Froyo i.e. frozen yoghurt. Engadget got the scoop via a […]
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Xperia X10 launch pushed back to February or later?
The Xperia X10 was originally set to launch on 18th January according to retailer Play.com. However, according to the listing that date has now been pushed back to 19th February. This will put it in the same time frame as the MWC conference, where no doubt new handsets will be released. Let’s hope we see […]
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Sony abandons Nexus name for its Android UI
When the Xperia X10 was first announced, Sony Ericsson announced that its user interface would be known as the Nexus platform. Since then, however, a lot has changed in the mobile world and Google has launched its own handset by HTC, the Nexus One. Given the buzz around the Nexus One, Sony Ericsson has decided […]
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Sony prepping Xperia X10 Mini-Me?
According to reports on the web, Sony Ericsson is preparing to launch the Robyn, which appears to me a mini version of the Xperia X10. First of all a tipster sent over some photos to GSMArena and then a few days later French site PointGPhone managed to get some snaps too. There are no specifications […]
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Xperia X10 heading to Rogers in Canada in Q2 2010
The first wireless carrier to get the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 handset in North America has been named. Rogers will be the exclusive network operator in Canada to carry the Android smartphone. No specific release date was given, but the handset is expected to be “available in the second quarter 2010.” No news on Rogers […]